First Congregational United Church of Christ, Corvallis is committed to protecting the personal privacy and security of our website users. This Privacy Policy describes how we collect, use, process, safeguard, and distribute the information you voluntarily provide to us.

Privacy Policy Consent
Please read this Privacy Policy carefully. Any content that is provided to us by you or is obtained by us from this website is governed by this Privacy Policy. By using this website, you are fully consenting to this Privacy Policy.

Information We May Collect
The information we collect depends on the context of your interactions with us, the choices you make, and the features you use. 

Personal Information: We may collect your first and last name, email address, postal address, phone number, and any other information you voluntarily provide to communicate with us.

Financial Information: When you make a financial contribution to the church on our website, the data necessary to process your online transaction, including your credit card number, are collected on a secure website hosted by our third-party payment processor, Vanco Services, LLC. As part of their comprehensive security and privacy safeguards, they only collect the pertinent information required to perform your payment transaction. That information is stored in Vanco’s secure system.

View Vanco’s Privacy and Security Policy here:  https://www.vancopayments.com/privacy
 

Automatically Collected Information: 
Cookies are small data files that our website stores on your computer through your web browser, enabling our system to recognize your browser. We use cookies to automatically collect certain information when you visit, use, or navigate our website. This information does not reveal your personal identity such as your name or contact information. It may include device and usage information such as your IP address, browser and device characteristics, MAC address, operating system, language preferences, referring URLs, device name, and your city, state, and country. It also includes information about how and when you use our website and other technical information. This information is primarily needed to maintain the security and operation of our website and for our internal analytics and reporting purposes. 

You can choose to have your computer warn you each time a cookie is being sent, or you can choose to turn off all cookies through your browser. If you disable cookies, some of our features will not function properly.

How We Use Your Information
In addition to the uses discussed above, we use the information we collect about you, including your personal information, to:

- fulfill the purpose of your website visit;

- follow up after you correspond with us;
- send email newsletters;
- receive your stewardship pledge; 
- improve the effectiveness of our communication efforts;
- understand and save your preferences based on previous or current site activity, which enables us to provide you with improved services;
- analyze and aggregate site usage data to offer better site experiences and tools.

Information Sharing
This website takes every precaution to protect our users’ information. We implement reasonable security measures to protect your information from unauthorized access and disclosure.

Your personal information will only be accessed by people who are responsible for gathering, managing, or storing it, or who have a legitimate need to access it (i.e. our hosting provider, newsletter provider, payment processor, or church team members).

We will not sell, share, or rent this information to others in ways different from what is disclosed in this Privacy Policy.

You have the right to opt out of receiving communications from us. You can do so by following the unsubscribe instructions in the communication or contacting us directly.

Legal Compliance 
We may disclose your information as required by law or if we believe that such action is necessary to comply with a legal obligation, protect our rights, or defend against legal claims.

Changes to this Privacy Policy:
We reserve the right to change or modify this Privacy Policy at any time. 

Contact Us:
If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, please contact us at:

First Congregational United Church of Christ 
4515 SW West Hills Road, Corvallis, OR 97333
office@corvallisucc.org